Patents by Inventor Keith Tognoni

Keith Tognoni has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060197835
    Abstract: A display system includes a wristwatch-sized device that a user, such as a soldier on a battlefield, can wear, a data receiver, and a small video display. The device can receive data, such as video or still digital imagery captured by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in flight or unmanned ground vehicle, and display it in real-time for the user to view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Anderson, Jerome Conway, David Huffman, Keith Tognoni
  • Publication number: 20050280662
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for diminishing display transients and jitter. The method and system disclosed utilizes prior illumination and position histories in displaying and illuminating representations, and elements comprising the representations, on the display. Recognizing repeated representations, finding their prior and current positions, and determining if the difference in position is over a threshold value, diminishes the jitter by displaying the representation in the new position if over the threshold value, or, if it is not over the threshold value, then displaying it in the prior location. The illumination of an element at an intensity, which is based on prior illuminations and/or intensities of the element, diminishes the transients by avoiding flashing or flicker of transient illuminations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Keith Tognoni, David Huffman, James Parker
  • Patent number: 6129444
    Abstract: A backlight for a flat panel display includes a light-combining wedge which combines light from multiple light sources before sending it through the flat panel display, with the light-combining wedge receiving light from two lamps, with each of the lamps producing a different color of light. A control element is used to vary the luminance of one of the lamps relative to the other to allow for an adjustable mixing of colors and thus provides an adjustable white balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Keith Tognoni